Open Source Unity Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Unity for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Linux alternative is Godot Engine. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Unity and loads of them are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to Unity are GDevelop, Redot Engine, Bevy Game Engine and microStudio.

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Unity alternatives page was last updated Dec 7, 2024
  1. SmartShape icon
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    Your project’s smart 3D digital twin as a Service. SmartShape (formerly Minko) is a technology to develop and design rich, interactive and universal 3D applications targeting computers, web browsers and mobile platforms.

    64 SmartShape alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    SmartShape Features

    1.  3D Game Engine
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  2. Angel2D icon
     4 likes

    A cross-platform 2D game prototyping framework based on OpenGL and C++.

    Angel balances the speed and flexibility of native code with an eye towards rapid iteration and out-of-the-box functionality. In a world of web games and memory-managed scripting engines, sometimes you still.

    22 Angel2D alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • OpenGL

    Angel2D Features

    1.  OPENGL
    Discontinued

    This project seem no longer developed. Last version, 3.2, released in October 2013, can be still downloaded from Github.

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  3. WorldForge icon
     2 likes

    The WorldForge project is the original open-source MMORPG project, dating back to 1997.

    49 WorldForge alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be abandoned. Last version, 0.7.1, released in April 2014, can be still downloaded from SourceForge. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/worldforge/

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  4. LÖVR icon
     1 like

    Virtual Reality for Lua.

    67 LÖVR alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    LÖVR Features

    1.  Meta Quest Support
    2.  Virtual Reality
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  5. Orx icon
     15 likes

    Orx is an open source, portable, lightweight, plugin-based, data-driven and extremely easy to use 2D-oriented game engine. Orx is mostly written in C, but allows you to develop with it with any language that can interface to C.

    56 Orx alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  2D Game Creation
    3.  2D Game Engine
    4.  C support
    5.  Multiplatform Export
    6.  C++
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  6. Limon Engine icon
     1 like

    Limon is a multi platform 3D game engine mainly focusing on first person games. Focus of its development is ease of use and ease of study. It has builtin editor for maps, animations and GUIs.

    86 Limon Engine alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Limon Engine Features

    1.  3D Game Engine
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  7. UrhoSharp icon
     1 like

    UrhoSharp is a lightweight Game Engine suitable for using with C# and F# to create games and 3D applications. The game engine is available as a portable class library, allowing your game code to be written once and shared across all platforms.

    33 UrhoSharp alternatives
    UrhoSharp screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    UrhoSharp Features

    1.  NET Framework
    2.  API Integration
    Discontinued

    The last version (1.9.67) has been released in 2018, and the GitHub repository has been archived by the owner on Nov 7, 2022.

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